Common Java Cookbook

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1.1. Depending on Commons Configuration

1.1.1. Problem

You need to use Commons Configuration to access configuration stored in properties files and XML documents.

1.1.2. Solution

To use Commons Configuration 1.6 in a Maven 2 project, add the following dependency to your project's pom.xml:

Example 7.3. Adding a Dependency on Commons Configuration

<dependency>
    	<groupId>commons-configuration</groupId>
    	<artifactId>commons-configuration</artifactId>
    	<version>1.6</version>
    </dependency>

1.1.3. Discussion

If you are not sure what this means, I'd suggest reading Maven: The Definitive Guide. When you depend on a library in Maven 2, all you need to do is add the dependency groupId, artifactId, and version to your project's dependencies. Once you do this, Maven 2 will download the dependency and make it available on your project's classpath.

Commons Configuration is designed to provide access to application configuration in the form of properties files, XML documents, JNDI resources, or data from a JDBC Datasource. Commons Configuration also allows you to create a hierarchical or multileveled configuration allowing for default settings to be selectively overridden by local configuration. Commons Configuration also provides typed access to single- and multivalued configuration parameters.

1.1.4. See Also

For more information about the Commons Configuration project, see the Commons Configuration project page at http://commons.apache.org/configuration.


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